S.C. Code Ann. § 63-17-3410 – Issuance of order

(A) If a support order entitled to recognition under this article has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this State may issue a support order if:
1. (1) the individual seeking the order resides in another state; or
2. (2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order is located in another state.
(B) The tribunal may issue a temporary child-support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is:
1. (1) a presumed father of the child;
2. (2) petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;
3. (3) identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;
4. (4) an alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;
5. (5) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;
6. (6) an acknowledged father as provided by law;
7. (7) the mother of the child; or
8. (8) an individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.
(C) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to Section 63-17-3250.